Abraham Jewett  |  March 28, 2023

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Microsoft AI technology overview: 

  • Who: Microsoft announced that it is implementing OpenAI GPT-4 language technology into its Microsoft 365 business suite, including Microsoft Word, Excel and Powerpoint.
  • Why: Microsoft said it is implementing the technology to give its users “more agency” and to make technology “more accessible.”
  • Where: Microsoft 365 is used by consumers nationwide.

Microsoft has announced it will implement AI language technology — including ChatGPT — in some of its popular Microsoft 365 (Office) business apps, including Word, Excel and Powerpoint. 

The announcement follows the multinational technology company’s February debut of the integration of OpenAI GPT-4 language technology into its Bing search engine, CNBC reports

OpenAI reportedly unveiled its GPT-4 language technology earlier this month while presenting it as an upgrade to GPT-3 tech. 

Microsoft is calling the newly implemented artificial intelligence (AI) technology features Copilot, which the company has built on “large language model (LLM)” software, CNBC reports. 

Researchers have reportedly been working to improve the capabilities of LLMs in recent years by attempting to make them better able to understand and respond to text. 

“Today marks the next major step in the evolution of how we interact with computing, which will fundamentally change the way we work and unlock a new wave of productivity growth,” Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella said in a statement, according to CNBC. 

Microsoft says OpenAI will save Microsoft Word users ‘hours’ in time spent writing, sourcing, and editing

Microsoft has said its Copilot feature will be more than just “OpenAI’s ChatGPT embedded into Microsoft 365,” adding that the feature will give Microsoft Word users a “first draft to edit and iterate on — saving hours in writing, sourcing, and editing time.”

“With our new copilot for work, we’re giving people more agency and making technology more accessible through the most universal interface — natural language,” Nadella said. 

The company acknowledged the Copilot feature would not always do the right thing, but said that, when an error is made, it would be “usefully wrong.” 

Microsoft’s integration of ChatGPT technology into its Bing search engine, for example, has occasionally led to responses that were factually inaccurate, CNBC reports. 

Sometimes Copilot will be right, other times usefully wrong — but it will always put you further ahead,” Nadella said. 

In October, Microsoft revealed some of its customers’ information was exposed in a data breach it said was caused by an accidental misconfiguration of one of the company’s internet-accessible servers.

Are you happy with Microsoft’s decision to implement OpenAI technology into its Microsoft365 business apps? Let us know in the comments! 


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3 thoughts onMicrosoft to add AI technology to Office suite

  1. SheTara Franklin says:

    Wow this is crazy to know our information and things are no longer safe. I need to be added to this lawsuit. Please add me

  2. Terrance McDade says:

    Add me please

  3. Em says:

    Will this lead to insider corporate information to be stolen? Insider Trading? Trade Secrets stolen? The computer will not be the only listener. Hackers will be able to listen in. . . . . Good Idea? NO

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